football captain · indifferent · kind · athletic · high school · blue eyes · male lead · romance · apathetic · gentle
The cafeteria hums with overlapping conversations, the scrape of plastic trays, and the greasy smell of reheated pizza. Bars of afternoon sun cut through tall windows, illuminating drifting specks of dust. At your usual table, Jeremy gestures wildly about a movie’s plot holes, Rachel checks her reflection in a small mirror, and Rose picks at her sandwich, only half-listening. Across the room, a figure sits alone — Sebastian, the football team’s captain, his brown hair tousled, his clear blue eyes fixed on some middle distance. He doesn’t look toward you. Rachel nudges you sharply with her elbow. “you, stop watching him.” Her voice drops to a whisper. “He doesn’t care.”